Martyr of the Soil - Lyrics - Ulcerate

Auckland, New Zealand-based unorthodox death metal act Ulcerate was formed by guitarist Michael Hoggard and drummer Jamie Saint Merat in 2000 with the aim of creating, dark oppressive death metal. This focus has since developed and metamorphosed into a far more dynamic approach with a fully realised sense of atmosphere and mood, while furthering their foray into the darker end of the genreâs spectrum.

Here we exist upon the cliff tops Exhausted and empty Sneering into the darkness below Wet palms, coppery and thick Lines of red to mark our progress But to what end? We are a part of this plague Unclean and nai"ve We climb upon the cross To be crowned? This will deaden all but the brightest lights And I personify the black I am despair The futility and the frustration These two hands make liars of us all Denial and disaster are mine Step up to the gallows, defeated and lost Fall away Resign yourself to this faithless leap For there can be no half measures And the noose is already around our necks Jerk awake with the revelation And dangle above the maggots The twine exists as the separator Through suffocation and sodden eyes She will not hold